Mark Adams, of Case Western Reserve University, will speak at
Fermilab's colloquium
on Wednesday, October 22 at 4:00 p.m. in One West. Listed as an "unsung hero"
in Science Magazine's February 16, 2001 issue, Adams is one of the key people
who cracked the human genome. Although Adams' talk, "Genomics: Looking at Life
in New Ways," will focus on biology, Colloquium host Dick Carrigan of the Beams Division believes that the human genome has an
indirect yet tangible relationship to Fermilab. "Cracking the human genome is very important
because it has potential for medical advances and a deeper understanding of the
evolution of life. Cracking the code also involves lots of high powered
computing," said Carrigan. Adams' talk is the first of four talks on this
year's colloquium calendar that is related to the human genome. "Maybe
at the end of the four talks, we will understand the mathematical basis
of life better and the role that computing power like we have at Fermilab
can play in the human genome," Carrigan said.

Fermilab press release, October 21, 2003Public tour of Pbar Source on November 2

Fermilab is offering a special "Antimatter Sunday" on November 2, at 1 p.m.
The two-hour program includes a 30-minute presentation by Roger Dixon, head
of Fermilab's Beams Division. After the talk engineers and scientists of
Fermilab's Antiproton Source will be on hand to guide people through a
section of the accelerator tunnel that is used to produce antiprotons. Since
its start-up in 1985, Fermilab's Antiproton Source has produced just over
2.3 nanograms
of antiprotons. Visitors will learn
about the nature of antimatter and how scientists produce tiny amounts of
antiprotons at Fermilab. Throughout the program scientists will be on hand
to answer questions.
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From Newsday, October 18, 2003Report: Japan Neutrino Reactor in DoubtBy Kenji Hall, Associated Press Writer
TOKYO -- A recommendation by a government panel not to fund an advanced physics research facility has drawn an angry outburst from a Japanese Nobel laureate and left the project's fate in doubt, media reports said Saturday.
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Good Morning!

Mike Witherell

Communication is the lifeblood of an organization.

Last January, in an effort to improve our communication within the
Fermilab community, about 100 employees took part in focus groups,
led by the Public Opinion Laboratory at Northern Illinois University.
People shared their views very frankly, covering everything from FermiNews
to how managers communicate the laboratory's goals -- and how well we listen to each other. Although the number of employees was small, the results were clear: communication at Fermilab had room for improvement.

One result was the birth, last July, of Fermilab Today, our daily
electronic newsletter -- and of the Director's Corner each Tuesday.

Now, in order to give all employees the opportunity to have their say on
this important topic, we have asked the NIU Public Opinion Lab to develop
the Fermilab Employee Survey on Communication. Later this week, you'll
receive an email message from NIU (surveymaster@niu.edu) with the subject line, "Fermilab 2003 Employee Communications Survey,"
explaining how to complete the
survey on line. It should take about 15 minutes.

As the introductory message will explain, your responses will not be shared with anyone but the independent researchers at the Public Opinion Lab. Employees will not be linked to their individual responses, and only summary results will be reported back to Fermilab. When the survey is complete, we will share the results with the Fermilab community. I hope you will take the time to complete the survey. I know I will. It's an opportunity for all of us to help improve communication at Fermilab.

October 17 - October 20
- Linac and Booster suffer from a few turn-on problems
- Main Injector has planned power outage

Holiday Book Fair
Fermilab Recreation will sponsor its “Just in Time for the Holidays” Book Fair,
hosted by Books are Fun, in the Atrium on Tuesday,
November 4 from 10:00 AM until 6:00 PM and on Wednesday, November 5 from
7:00 AM until 3:00 PM.

Winter Basketball League
Play begins on November 13 in the Recreation Facility Gymnasium. Games begin at 5:00 p.m.
on Thursday evenings, and you must be a current gym member to participate. For more information,
contact Brian Neisman.